Work & commute · Copperas Cove

Work & commute in Copperas Cove, TX

About one in 5 of Copperas Cove’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Killeen (14%), Austin (7%) and Temple (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

2,484 of 11,803 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,319 Copperas Cove residents head out of town to work, 2,484 work right here, and 5,305 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Copperas Cove.

9,319live here, work elsewhere

2,484live and work here

5,305work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Copperas Cove goes to work

Copperas Cove (in town)right here

21%2,484

Killeen11.1 mi away

14%1,601

Austin57.5 mi away

7%771

Temple31.1 mi away

6%750

Waco52.4 mi away

3%395

San Antonio120.1 mi away

2%294

Houston176.4 mi away

2%290

Harker Heights16.5 mi away

2%280

Dallas133.8 mi away

2%277

Lampasas16.4 mi away

2%235

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%4,426

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Copperas Cove commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

15%

17%

36%

32%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

36%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Copperas Cove is a commuter town

0.66jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.66 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Copperas Cove are

7,789 jobs are based in Copperas Cove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Copperas Cove’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Copperas Cove

7,789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Copperas Cove residents hold

11,803 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−1%

Jobs based in Copperas Cove, 2013 → 2023: 7,907 → 7,789. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.